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Elon Musk’s finger-pointing at Trump backed up by bombshell report

Elon Musk's attempt to pin a deadly battlefield decision on President Donald Trump just got backing from an explosive new report. The directive to throttle Starshield, the military-grade version of SpaceX's Starlink satellite service on which Ukrainian troops rely, originated inside the White House, Reuters reported Thursday, citing two U.S. officials…

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